[272] “Domestics are not admitted into any society, and are often for want of a little pleasure driven to seek it in company that is often coarse and vulgar.”
“It is very hard for a young, refined woman to give up a pleasant home, and live constantly with ignorant and ill-bred people, as is very often the case where more than one servant is kept.”
[273] “I fairly hate the word ‘servant.’”
“I don’t like to be called a ‘menial.’”
“The girls in shops call us ‘livers-out.’”
“No woman likes to be called a ‘hired girl.’”
“American girls don’t like the name ‘servants.’”
“I know many nice girls who would do housework, but they prefer doing almost anything else rather than be called ‘servants.’”
“Some people call us ‘kitchen mechanics.’”
“I don’t know why we should be called ‘servants’ any more than other people.”